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AN URBAN SYMPHONY In Four Movements by Jude D’Souza | JDAP | DESIGN – ARCHITECTURE – PLANNING

JDAP Design - Architecture - Planning

The site for the new Culture and Congress Centre at Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina lies at the edge of the town today, as an anchor for the developing city to the East. As part of the city’s strategic goals of developing as a South East European centre for culture, tourism and services, the design brief emphasised a facility that would have the flexibility to accommodate multiple activities, events and functions within it. It also laid emphasis on the Centre being a symbolic entity of the renewed city. – Jude D’Souza

Centre For Research and Development of Indegenous Technology, at Karnathu village, Himachal Pradesh, by Bhavesh Masand

Bhavesh Masand

From the city bar, as a drunk man returns home, he’s faced with unusual difficulties reaching home this time. During the course of his journey, he sensed his house keys slipping from his pocket in the dark highway, nonetheless he continued haltless. On arrival at home, he’s frantic in search of his lost keys to which his friend enquired- “why are you searching the keys in this light while you know it slipped on the highway?” To which the drunkard responds – “ Because this is where the light is, crazy!” – Bhavesh Masand

Kashmir University Administration Building, at Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, by ANA Design Studio Pvt. Ltd.

ANA DESIGN STUDIO

The New Administration facility for the University of Kashmir in Hazratbal, Srinagar, is a showcase of the openness, inventiveness and contemporary nature of the University, while respecting the sense of place, culture and environment.

The building is designed for spatial and material optimization, energy efficiency, human interaction, comfort and the celebration of traditional timber design in a contemporary context. – ANA Design Studio

Auditorium for Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology at Kochi, Kerala by Architect Rahul Manohar (RMM Designs)

rmmdesigns

In spite of having designed Auditorium and Seminar Spaces of varied capacities and typologies acroos the country, we still found this project both, unique and challenging.

Unique because this is probably the only large capacity auditorium planned on the top three floors of a seven storey building. This one fact itself posed multiple design challenges which included integration and effective vertical segregation of the auditorium and allied spaces with the rest of the building which houses academic activities on the lower 4 floors. – RMM Designs

#694- Diha, at Bangalore, Karnataka, India, by Int-Hab architecture+design Studio

Inthab

The idea for this mixed-use project located in Bangalore, was context based and inspired by the architects need for an office space while retaining the residential flavor of the layout. This ground-up 4-story mixed-use building contains the architect’s office and apartments.

#694- Diha, at Bangalore, Karnataka, India, by Int-Hab architecture+design Studio

Hexa Louvred Cafe, at Gurugram, India, by ACad Studio

ACad Studio

The challenge was refurbishing the existing office café, which goes with the office theme. We had to work under given constraints of furniture, structure and spatial design. Another challenge was to execute the café under a given time as the company had no other place for lunch and the café had to be delivered on new years 2020. – By ACad Studio

BRIDGE CO-WORKING, at JP NAGAR, BENGALURU, by REDWALL DESIGN STUDIO

Redwall Design Studio

Redwall Design Studio revives the Bridge Co-working space by playing with one’s emotional response to an office atmosphere via external stimuli. Envisioning the Bridge Co-working space as a mood catalyst, apt for a workplace, the designer forges the interior space with refreshing elements and colors.

The Interactive Steps, at Karjat, Maharashtra, by architecture INNATE

architecture INNATE

The primary intention was to design a seating as an extension to the verandah of the farmhouse. The idea was to make the space interactive by creating a stepped seating, to take the advantage of the existing steep contour of the site. We practice sustainable architecture, the built form was executed using natural materials which were available within 1-5km radius from the site. – architecture INNATE

Gulf Adiba : forward looking design establishing creativity, innovation and well being, at Gurugram, Haryana, India, by Design Forum International

Design Forum International

Located in suburban NCR within proximity of South and West Delhi and very close to the International airport, Gulf Adiba is a proposed IT/ ITES office complex located in Udyog Vihar Phase II, Gurgaon. Just 1km off the National Highway 8, the building is aptly positioned on a 4000 sqm industrial plot within a dense office complex site comprising of another similar milieu. – Design Forum International

New Plasser India – Railway Equipment Manufacturing Industry, at Karjan, Gujarat, by ANA Design Studio Pvt. Ltd.

ANA DESIGN STUDIO

The site plan and process flow closely follow the production philosophy and assembly sequence from Plasser. The sizing of grids and spans was made keeping in mind the production needs movement of goods and the most optimum design against the gantry cranes needed by Plasser for the production. – ANA Design Studio

Unity One, at Rohini, New Delhi, India, by GPM Architects & Planners

GPM - Architects & Planners

One of the first malls in India to be connected via a Metro Station at the Concourse Level, it is the first building in India to have a Solar Carport on its Rooftop. A very popular retail destination in North Delhi, Unity One offers the right mix of Cinema, Retail, Food and Entertainment to all its patrons. – GPM Architects & Planners

Are buildings the new killing fields for birds? – Peeyush Sekhsaria

Peeyush Sekhsaria

Peeyush Sekhsaria an Architect by training, interested in the interface of design and bird conservation tells us how following simple principles while installing glass or other reflective surfaces in your homes, you can greatly reduce the chances of bird collisions. Read his article below.

Paliam Veedu, at Chendamangalm, Kerala, by Meister Varma Architects

Meister Varma Architects

The Paliam family patriarchs were hereditary prime ministers to the erstwhile Kingdom of Cochin, Kerala. Today the ancestral home and palace of this family is a heritage complex about an hour’s drive from the city of Cochin. The client who got a small parcel of 160 sqm in the family partition decided to build a vacation home on it. – Meister Varma Architects

Architects – Is your glass bird friendly? – Asmita Patwardhan

Asmita Patwardhan

Birds often see the reflection of trees and the sky in glass windows, balconies and fly into them. Studies show that many million bird deaths occur annually in the United States due to such collisions. Although in India many of us have come across such incidents, the scale of this matter is not properly studied or recorded. – Asmita Patwardhan

THE GRAND PERGOLAS, at Sirkali, Tamilnadu, India, by Ansari Architects

Ansari Architects

The pergolas are specifically designed with geometric cut outs for aesthetic look as well as to avoid the large pergolas from looking too heavy. Utility areas like the toilets and balconies placed on the Western side as buffer zones to guard against the heat. – Ansari Architects

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AN URBAN SYMPHONY In Four Movements by Jude D’Souza | JDAP | DESIGN – ARCHITECTURE – PLANNING

Centre For Research and Development of Indegenous Technology, at Karnathu village, Himachal Pradesh, by Bhavesh Masand

Kashmir University Administration Building, at Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, by ANA Design Studio Pvt. Ltd.

Auditorium for Rajagiri School of Engineering & Technology at Kochi, Kerala by Architect Rahul Manohar (RMM Designs)

#694- Diha, at Bangalore, Karnataka, India, by Int-Hab architecture+design Studio

Hexa Louvred Cafe, at Gurugram, India, by ACad Studio

BRIDGE CO-WORKING, at JP NAGAR, BENGALURU, by REDWALL DESIGN STUDIO

The Interactive Steps, at Karjat, Maharashtra, by architecture INNATE

Gulf Adiba : forward looking design establishing creativity, innovation and well being, at Gurugram, Haryana, India, by Design Forum International

New Plasser India – Railway Equipment Manufacturing Industry, at Karjan, Gujarat, by ANA Design Studio Pvt. Ltd.

Unity One, at Rohini, New Delhi, India, by GPM Architects & Planners

Are buildings the new killing fields for birds? – Peeyush Sekhsaria

Paliam Veedu, at Chendamangalm, Kerala, by Meister Varma Architects

Architects – Is your glass bird friendly? – Asmita Patwardhan

THE GRAND PERGOLAS, at Sirkali, Tamilnadu, India, by Ansari Architects

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